daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
have been daubing
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present perfect progressiveof daub.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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All this morning he had been doggreling, when he ought to have been daubing; and now he will have to sup off a colored print, if he sups at all.
From Christie Johnstone by Reade, Charles
